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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Baby steps...baby steps

Well, in between out of town guests (love them!) and sick kids (allergies backed up sinuses and now kiddos have infections and ear infections, too), I managed to get a little bit of quilting in.

Thanks to a friend who gave me an older sewing machine that has an awesome straight stitch (but no zig-zag), I am back in business. The star on the left is machine pieced this evening. The one on the right is hand pieced. I love them both. Right now, I am thinking of keeping the hand pieced block and making a wall hanging out of it. I love the hand pieced block, but I am afraid that the machine pieced one might stand up to various washings for a baby's use a little better.

But, I absolutely love having both blocks hanging up to view them. I am using old, discarded, I mean vintage shirting fabrics for these. It's soft and masculine. It is the kind of thing that I would have hung up in my kiddo's rooms for years since it isn't kiddie type fabrics

Now, I have to machine piece three more blocks and borders. We are taking a break from school right now, so it's a good thing that I have suddenly been gifted with a machine. God is SO good to me!

About Me

Proud Christian wife, Premier Designs Home Business owner, and mom with two lovely kiddos (one with Asperger's syndrome and NVLD). I am a certified teacher that has returned to home schooling. I also enjoy quilting, reading, writing, blogging, etc.